bastard returns

After Ning Shanshan returned home, she really started to investigate carefully. Even though the relationship between Ning Zhongkun and Pang Qiushui was secret, there were still traces to follow, so it didn't take much effort for her to find out the matter. It's crystal clear.

"Recently, the son of the son has indeed been going out frequently, and he often went in and out of the teahouse with the second lady of the Pang family, but whether they had a secret meeting, the servant did not find out." Ning Shanshan sat in the room, listening The close servant girl reported to her: "However, it is a real thing that the two entered and exited the same teahouse, and some servants in the mansion knew about it, but it seems that the housekeeper passed an order on behalf of the Duke, and they are not allowed to discuss in private, so they have been keeping quiet. Quiet."

"Brother, brother, I really didn't expect that your vision is so bad that you can get involved with that bitch of the Pang family." If you want to say who Ning Shanshan hates the most in the whole capital, it must be Pang Qiushui Leaving aside the tension between the two families, Ning Shanshan, the former "No. [-] beauty in Huajing" and Pang Qiushui, the "popular man in front of the Queen Mother" have been compared more than once. Ning Shanshan has also been secretly angry a lot, she is a dignified daughter of the Duke's mansion, she is a natural beauty, how can Pang Qiushui's vulgar fan who is described as a vulgar country wild flower can compare with her.

"Miss, this servant feels that it is better for you to ask the Shizi yourself about this matter." Seeing Ning Shanshan's unfriendly expression, the maid advised, "After all..."

"What do you know?" Ning Shanshan became angry whenever she thought of Pang Qiushui, and immediately interrupted: "You see they are sneaky even when they meet, even if I ask, brother, can he admit it? I see Not only will he not admit it, but he might even scare the snake, thinking that he has already been exposed anyway, so he doesn't need to hide it anymore, and directly cooks with that bitch, so what should I do?"

"Even if the son of the world has this idea, I'm afraid it's not that easy." The servant girl muttered: "Now everyone knows that Second Miss Pang is going to marry the Fourth Highness to be the concubine, how can..."

"It's for this reason that I can't ignore my brother being involved with that woman." Ning Shanshan said with a more serious tone: "Other people are going to marry the prince as a wife. If my brother gets involved like this, once the matter is revealed, Can the accusation of cuckolding the royal family be taken casually, even if the fourth prince has no power, he is still a prince, and when the emperor blames him, our family will suffer."

The servant girl seemed to be frightened by what Ning Shanshan said, and said anxiously: "Then what are you going to do, Miss?"

"This woman Pang Qiushui is really dishonest. She is going to marry the prince and she is so unruly. She must have seduced my brother on purpose, and she definitely has no good intentions." The more Ning Shanshan thinks about it, the more she thinks about it, "This The woman must be deceiving my brother to use this matter to pour dirty water on my Ning family, her heart is really vicious." She lowered her head and thought for a while, then asked in a low voice: "I remember meeting him in the Xianglou once before. Pang Qiushui, do you have any impression?"

"Of course I have an impression." The servant girl nodded, "The rouge and gouache made by the Fragrant House we often go to is top-notch, and many young ladies would buy it there, presumably Miss Pang Er is the same."

"Since that's the case, the matter will be easy." Ning Shanshan smiled sinisterly, "Since Pang Qiushui is so shameless, why don't I go her way and let her see what real shamelessness is! "

***

After Pang Qiushui heard that Ning Zhongkun did not punish Ning Yuan as he wished, he really spurned Ning Zhongkun, thinking that he was really incompetent, and he couldn't do such a trivial matter well.She intends to mention a few words to the other party, but now that the emperor has issued the imperial decree to marry her and Sikong Xu, and the wedding date has also been set, it is really difficult for them to meet frequently. The princess is more important than anything else.

So in the past few days, she has begun to pay more and more attention to her own attire. Every day, she uses extremely precious materials and pearl powder to make fairy jade ointment to apply to her face. And the beeswax and milk on the feet, as well as the osmanthus hair oil used to nourish the hair, all have to be top-notch for use. Twelve hours a day, except for sleeping, she spends three or four full hours on taking care of herself In terms of appearance, in order to be able to crown Huajing on the day of marriage.

So when she heard that the fragrance house she often went to had newly developed a kind of pleasant scent of honey wax, she immediately went to try it in a carriage.

Pang Qiushui is also a frequent visitor to that incense building, so like Ning Shanshan, there is a special room upstairs for her to choose various types of incense powder. I asked the maid to put the rouge and gouache in a small basket, and I was about to go downstairs and go home.

But when she was halfway up the stairs, a girl suddenly jumped out of nowhere, as if she didn't see the way clearly, she ran towards her and the maid. But he was a step slower, being bumped by the girl, he didn't fall down, but the small basket straddling his arm was overturned, all kinds of powder boxes fell out, and fell on the floor.

"Where did you come from, why are you walking so carelessly!" Pang Qiushui's maid was taken aback, and immediately yelled at the girl who bumped into someone, "Don't you know who my lady is! Get your good fruit to eat!"

"I'm sorry... I'm sorry... the little one left in a hurry and didn't pay attention..." The girl buried her head deeply, as if she knew that she had made a mistake, she didn't even dare to look at the two of them, she hurriedly knelt down to help pick it up The things I knocked down, I packed up the basket of all kinds of fragrance powders again, and then I got up and said: "I accidentally bumped into this young lady, I will definitely pay attention next time..."

"Look at how sneaky you are, don't steal anything again!" Pang Qiushui's maid hid the basket and counted the number of powder boxes inside, seeing that there were quite a few in one box, and then I took a special look at the box of the most precious Baihua honey wax incense, and after confirming that it was intact, I was relieved.

"Okay, let's go back." Pang Qiushui was confident and dignified, and didn't have the heart to talk to a little girl here. Seeing that the things were intact, she continued to walk down, and the maid hurriedly followed behind.

It's just that they didn't see it. Behind them, the girl who bumped into them showed an inexplicable smile, and turned around and hurried away.

That night, after Pang Qiushui took a bath and cleaned himself up, he took out the box of Baihua honey wax incense that he bought today, and began to arrange his makeup.

She is not very old at all, and after this period of careful maintenance, the delicate skin on her cheeks is as white as an egg that has been peeled off its shell, and it can be broken by blowing. Looking at her delicate face in the bronze mirror, Pang Qiushui spread the rich-scented face powder evenly on his face, while daydreaming about his bright and magnanimous future.

From a long time ago, she felt that she was not someone in the pool, and one day she would marry a good son-in-law, so she raised her eyebrows. Sikong Xu, the Fourth Highness who was about to become his husband-in-law, seemed to be the best among all the princes. He is a very unremarkable one, but his father told him that this Fourth Highness is not as simple as it seems on the surface. He has actually accumulated a lot of strength secretly, and with his father's assistance, one day he will be He will become a blockbuster and become a great success. If he can really be crowned the Great Treasure, then he will be the queen.

If she really can have the day when she is the mother of the world, then she must humiliate all those who looked down on her in the past.

What's more, even apart from other things, the appearance of the Fourth Highness is second-class among men. Thinking of this, Pang Qiushui couldn't help feeling a little hot on his cheeks. She has expectations for the handsome Ruyi Langjun, but Sikong Xu's handsome appearance is enough to satisfy any woman's requirements.

Looking at the flushed face in the mirror, Pang Qiushui suddenly felt a little embarrassed. Seeing that the beautifying powder had been applied evenly on his face, he stopped thinking about it, blew out the candle, went to the bed and lay down to sleep.

It's just that this night, Pang Qiushui felt that she didn't sleep well. She seemed to be too yearning for spring. She always felt hot on her cheeks and felt uncomfortable at all.

When she got up, she was served by a few maids who were close to her. Sitting on the edge of the bed, Pang Qiushui loosened her muscles and bones, and rang a small bell hanging on the curtain. Basins and towels entered one after another, and they stood in a row in the center of the room with their heads bowed.

Pang Qiushui's personal maid wet the towel with hot water, folded it squarely, opened the curtain and walked into the inner room, intending to serve Pang Qiushui to wash his face.

Pang Qiushui sat there with eyes closed, intending to wait for the maid to wipe off the face powder that had been applied on her face all night, but after waiting for a long time, she didn't see the maid's movement, so she opened her eyes and saw the maid half-raised her face. Pazi was standing three steps away from him, but he didn't move forward, as if he was fixed there by something.

Pang Qiushui felt strange, and was about to yell, but at this moment his eyes fell on the maid's face, and found that the maid was staring at him in horror, her face was as white as paper, her jaw was still trembling, as if she saw something Like something extremely scary.

"Stupid thing, what are you doing, why don't you come and wait for me to wash my face!" Pang Qiushui glared at her.

At this moment, the maid came back to her senses, and with a shake of her hand, she even dropped the washcloth in her hand to the ground, and said in a stuttering voice, "Little Miss...your face..."

"My face? What's wrong with my face?" Pang Qiushui raised his hand to touch his face, and was immediately stunned.

My face...why does it feel bumpy and tingling to the touch?

A thought of panic crossed her mind, she immediately got up and threw herself down in front of the dressing table, staring at her face in the bronze mirror.

Then, a shrill scream resounded almost throughout the backyard of Changshenghou Mansion: "Ah!!!"

When Pang Chunyan rushed to Pang's mansion in a hurry, Pang Song was already sitting in the main hall with a gloomy expression on his face.Pang Chunyan walked into the room and said to Pang Song without thinking, "Father, I heard that my sister suddenly got sick, what's going on?"

"Go and see for yourself." Pang Song's expression was gloomy, and his whole person looked very gloomy.

Seeing Pang Song's appearance, Pang Chunyan felt her heart drop. She was sitting at home when she suddenly heard a message from Pang Song, thinking that Pang Qiushui was suffering from a minor illness such as a cold , Pon Song will not make too much fuss, but now it seems that things are not that simple.

With Pang Song's approval, Pang Chunyan immediately went around to the backyard and went straight to Pang Qiushui's room. Seeing that her door was closed and the maids were driven outside, all of them looked like frightened birds. She hurriedly said, "What about the second lady?" ? How is it now?"

"Back to Miss, Second Miss is inside, but..." One of the maids bent her knees to her, "Second Miss won't let the servants in to serve, the servants are worried about accidents, so Eldest Miss should hurry in and have a look."

Pang Chunyan nodded, opened the door and walked into the room.The originally bright room was extremely dark at noon. Pang Chunyan took a closer look, and it turned out that all the curtains that could be lowered in the room had been lowered, and a figure could be vaguely seen lying on the dressing table in the innermost room under the heavy curtains.

She opened the curtains one after another and walked in, seeing that the person lying there was indeed Pang Qiushui, her shoulders twitched, as if she was sobbing softly.

"Sister..." Pang Chunyan worriedly put her hand on Pang Qiushui's shoulder, but Pang Qiushui's body suddenly trembled, and he hid inside, avoiding her hand, and said with a sob: "Sister, let's go, I am now It's really inconvenient to see people."

"What happened?" Seeing that Pang Qiushui was still willing to talk to him, Pang Chunyan felt more at ease, thinking that the matter should not be too serious, "Father was also ambiguous and didn't explain clearly to me, only saying that you were sick. Now, you tell my sister what is wrong, so that my sister can find a doctor for you."

"No... nothing else is uncomfortable, just my face..." Pang Qiushui raised his head while speaking with sobs.

The moment her face came into Pang Chunyan's eyes, Pang Chunyan's pupils suddenly shrank, and she unconsciously took a step back, and said in a daze, "This...this..."

The light in the room is very dim, but Pang Qiushui's face can still be seen clearly. She was originally youthful and beautiful, and her fragile skin seemed to have disappeared overnight. From her forehead to her chin, it was completely occupied by dense rashes. Full, the rash is not like a normal rash, but big and plump, bright red on the outside and purple on the inside, which fully swells the outline of Pang Qiushui's face, and now apart from the facial features, he can vaguely distinguish it is Pang Qiushui's. Her appearance, there is no trace of her usual beauty.

"Sister, is my face ruined?" Pang Qiushui seemed about to cry again, "I don't know why it happened, it was fine last night, but suddenly this morning..."

"Don't panic, don't panic, I think it's just rubella caused by eating the wrong thing, and it will be cured after taking two patches of medicine." Pang Chunyan recovered from the shock, comforting Pang Qiushui and said: "I'm going to find my father right now. , let him call a doctor for you."

After finishing speaking, Pang Chunyan hurried out of the room again, and went to discuss with Pang Song again.

In fact, long before Pang Chunyan came, Pang Song had already sent someone to invite a doctor, but because the matter of Pang Qiushui's disfigurement was too important, it would have leaked the news, and Pang Song did not dare to ask the doctor in the city for treatment, so Send someone to rush out of the city, go to the nearby counties and towns to invite a doctor, and wait for the doctor to return, it will be more than two hours later.

The doctor was just an old doctor from a nearby county. After Pang Song led Pang Qiushui into Pang Qiushui's room, he watched Pang Qiushui's ferocious face carefully for a long time before he came to a conclusion: "Miss your mansion is not suffering from ordinary illnesses. Rubella, it seems to have been poisoned, as for what kind of poison it is, please forgive me for my poor eyesight, I can't see it at this moment, may I ask Miss Your Mansion, what kind of unclean things did you hit?"

"Poison?" Hearing this, both Pang Song and Pang Chunyan were stunned, and hurriedly asked Pang Qiushui's personal maid, "Tell me, what did you eat!"

"Miss eats meals with you, sir, and I don't have the habit of eating snacks, and the slaves don't know about it." The maid knelt down and said, "However, miss has the habit of using face powder before going to bed these days. Could the problem be with the incense powder?"

"Then what are you waiting for, why don't you take it for inspection!" Pang Song yelled, and the maid immediately got up, found a pile of various face powders from Pang Qiushui's dressing table, and arranged them on the table.

The old Langzhong walked over, inspected the boxes carefully, and finally picked up a box of exquisite incense powder and said: "Sure enough, there is something wrong with the incense powder. This box of incense powder has been mixed with toad's back poison."

Pang Song's gloomy eyes fell on the powder box, and he said gloomyly: "What kind of poison is this, why have I never heard of it, will it be harmful to life?"

"Toads are a very common thing, and this poison is not harmful to life." The old man stroked his beard and said, "The so-called toad's back poison is the venom extracted from the cells on the back of an adult toad. This poison is not strong. Even if it is swallowed, it will not kill people, but it is very harmful to human skin. It is okay to touch it a little bit. If it touches too much, the toxin will soak into the skin and cause rashes on the skin, which will soon fester one by one. , formed pustules, till at last it became as tumorous as the back of a toad."

"What..." As soon as the old man said Lan, Pang Qiushui was stunned, and she unconsciously touched her uneven face, "Then... then how to treat this thing?"

"This thing is not fatal, and it has no effect on the human body. It just looks ugly, and there is no specific medicine. We can only wait for it to heal by itself, but after it heals, it will leave scars that cannot be recovered. It looks like it used to." The words of the old man seemed to send Pang Qiushui into the [-]th hell.

"I can't return to my previous appearance...?" Pang Qiushui couldn't believe it: "You mean that even if I recover, I still have to live with a scar on my face?"

"This is the characteristic of this thing." The old doctor explained sternly, "The rash on the girl's face will gradually swell and form pustules, and then the pustules will burst again, and pus will flow out. After the scabs form, it will be healed, but after such a change, there will definitely be scars, and there is no way to do it."

"Understood, thank you doctor." Pang Qiushui still wanted to speak, but Pang Song took the conversation first, and he asked his servants to send the doctor away again, and then sat there silently.

"Father, this quack doctor must not be able to cure him. Why don't we go to the imperial physician, who will definitely be able to help!" Pang Qiushui tugged on Pang Song's sleeve and begged, "Does father want to see my daughter marry me with a scar on my face?" Fourth Highness can't do it!"

"You also know that you are going to marry the Fourth Highness? You invited the imperial physician and let the Fourth Highness know that your face is ruined. Do you think she will pay homage to you?" Pang Song shook off Pang Qiushui's hand.

"Father, someone must have murdered my sister in this matter. Just find out where the incense powder came from, and you can find the murderer." Pang Chunyan said from the side: "It's really too much to use such a trick to destroy someone's appearance." It's done!"

"Investigate? How do you want to investigate? What reason do you use to investigate? Do you really want to shake off the fact that your sister's face was ruined?" Pang Song stood up and walked back and forth in the room twice, " This matter must be kept secret, and there must be no news about it, at least until Qiu Shui becomes the fourth concubine."

"Father!" Pang Chunyan opened her mouth wide in surprise, "My sister has changed into this appearance, and you still want her to marry..."

"This marriage has been decided, and it cannot be voided." Pang Song's expression looked firm, "And you said, your sister has become like this now, and she is not going to marry the Fourth Highness according to the current situation. After a long time, Mr. Zhi There is no way to keep the fire alive, one day the news of her disfigurement will spread, and then, who will dare to marry her? Does she want to be a widow for the rest of her life?"

"...Even if the daughter is married successfully, but when the Fourth Highness finds her appearance, wouldn't the daughter be..." Pang Qiushui hesitated halfway, but was interrupted by Pang Song, "The Fourth Highness dare not do anything to you , the ceremony is completed, the hall is worshipped, the raw rice is cooked, whether he likes it or not, you will be her concubine, not to mention that the Fourth Highness still needs my support, as long as your father is there, no one can take your place shake."

"But……"

"Don't worry, His Royal Highness didn't marry you because he likes you. You can use this marriage to obtain the title of concubine, and His Royal Highness can also form an alliance with my father and me through you. This is the most important thing about this marriage." In other words, no matter what you look like, whether you are beautiful or ugly, it has nothing to do with this marriage." Pang Songyu looked at Pang Qiushui earnestly, "What's more, if you don't marry now, you will get married later. Who can marry you? Father is also thinking about you, even if you are an unfavored concubine in the future, you will still be a concubine, and it is better than staying at home and being widowed for the rest of your life!"